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Originally Posted by SAump
Did AMLU turn down 12% RAISE? Article stated, "Minor League umpires reject 12 percent raise." It must be true.
http://oursportscentral.com/services...es/?id=3303808
Per diem OFFER increased from $25 to $27, less than 10%.
Salary OFFER increased from $10,000 to $10,500, exactly 5%.
Last I checked $3.57/$60 falls just short of 6%.
I suppose the AMLU looks pretty dumb turning their noses at a 12% RAISE that never existed. ONE SCAB I read about got a 50% RAISE. Perhaps PBUC would consider that 12% raise across the BOARD.
The last offer was rejected 2 to 1, I can only suppose the majority of those who voted to go back to work were already working at the AA to AAA level. Any idea why the triple-A guys might be itching to get back to work? |
I'm just taking a wild stab in the dark here: could it be that AMLU is spinning the numbers they want while PBUC/MiLB is spinning theirs? Only a handful of people really know what was offered all along. AMLU never even acknowledged that a last minute offer from PBUC was tendered to avoid a strike, so I don't believe much of what they are writing.
You say it never existed, while some pretty involved sources say otherwise. Were you at the table, like Yund and Mobley?
Maybe you are correct that the AAA and AA guys are itchy. They should have thought about that before they felt so strongly that no one could possibly do their jobs. It seems that they may be realizing that they were wrong all along. Backing the wrong horse is a lesson that Reagan taught PATCO a long time ago.